medical terminology
word parts
Pathology
prefixes
miscellaneous
100
basic meaning of the term, indicates the involved body part
What is a word root
100
blue
What is -cyan/o?
100
yellow disclorization of the skin due to increased bile pigments in the blood
What is jaundice?
100
good normal well easy
What is eu-?
100
disease, structure, operation or procedure named for the person who discovered it
What is a eponym?
200
usually indicates the procedure, condition, disorder or disease
What is a suffix?
200
abnormal enlargement
What is -megaly?
200
abnormal dryness of the skin
What is xeroderma?
200
above excessive
What is super-, supra-?
200
prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder
What is prognosis
300
indicates time, location, number or status.
What is a prefix?
300
surgical procedure to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes
What is -centesis?
300
crackling of broken bones rubbing together or crackling sound heard when breathing
What is crepitus?
300
toward or int he direction
What is ad-?
300
rapid onset, severe course, short duration
What is acute?
400
what are the two word parts for pain
What is -algia, -dynia
400
bleeding,
What is -rrhage?
400
viral infection of the gray matter of the spinal cord
What is poliomyelitis?
400
within or inside
What is intra-?
400
medical screening of patients to determine priority of need
What is triage?
500
a _________ is addes to teh end of a word under certain conditions
What is a combining form ?
500
surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
What is -ostomy?
500
an acute infectious disease of the small intestine
What is cholera?
500
deficient decrease
What is hypo-?
500
abnormal passage between two internal organs, or an organ and the body surface
What is a fistula?
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